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Modeling and Simulation of SRF based Control DSTATCOM 1

R.Shiva Kumar, 2B.Sh.Suresh Kumar 1 M.Tech. Student, 2Asst. Prof.

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gokul Group of Institutions, Bobbili, Vizianagaram (Dt), A.P, INDIA. Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive survey of DSTATCOM control strategies put forward recently. It is aimed at providing a broad perspective on the status of DSTATCOM control methods to researchers and application engineers dealing with harmonic suppression issues. Many control techniques have been designed, developed, and realized for active filters in recent years. This paper presents different types of Synchronous reference frame methods for real time generation of compensating current for harmonic mitigation and reactive power compensation. All the techniques are analyzed mathematically and simulation results are obtained which are being compared in terms of its compensation performance with different parameters under steady state condition. The three techniques analyzed are the Synchronous Reference Frame Theory (SRF), SRF theory without synchronizing circuit like phase lock loop (PLL) also called instantaneous current component theory and finally modified SRF theory. Simulation results are obtained under sinusoidal balanced voltage source balanced load condition. The comparison and effectiveness of all the methods is based on the theoretical analysis and simulation results obtained with MATLAB employing a three phase three wire DSTATCOM test system.

Keywords: D-STATCOM, Voltage Sags, Voltage Source Converter (VSC).

I. Introduction FLEXIBLE ac transmission systems (FACTS) are being increasingly used in power system to enhance the system utilization, power transfer capacity as well as the power quality of ac system interconnections [1], [2].

As a typical shunt FACTS device, static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM) is utilized at the point of common connection (PCC) to absorb or inject the required reactive power, through which the voltage quality of PCC is improved [3]. In recent years, many topologies have been applied to the D-STATCOM. Among these different types of topology, H-bridge cascaded D-STATCOM has been widely accepted in high-power applications for the following advantages: quick response speed, small volume, high efficiency, minimal interaction with the supply grid and its individual phase control ability [4]–[7]. Compared with a diode-clamped converter or flying capacitor converter, H-bridge cascaded D-STATCOM can obtain a high number of levels more easily and can be connected to the grid directly without the bulky transformer. This enables us to reduce cost and improve performance of H-bridge cascaded D-STATCOM [8].

There are two technical challenges which exist in H-bridge cascaded D-STATCOM to date. First, the control method for the current loop is an important factor influencing the compensation performance. However, many non ideal factors, such as the limited bandwidth of the output current loop, the time delay induced by the signal detecting circuit, and the reference command current generation process, will deteriorate the compensation effect. Second, H-bridge cascaded D-STATCOM is a complicated system with many H-bridge cells in each phase, so the dc capacitor voltage imbalance issue which caused by different active power losses among the cells, different switching patterns for different cells, parameter variations of active and passive components inside cells will influence the reliability of the system and even lead to the collapse of the system. Hence, lots of researches have focused on seeking the solutions to these problems.

Power electronic based power processing offers higher efficiency, compact size and better controllability. But on the flip side, due to switching actions, these systems behave as non-linear loads. This create power quality problems such as voltages Sag/Swell, flickers, harmonics, asymmetric of voltage have become increasingly serious. At the same time, modern industrial equipments are more sensitive to these power quality problems than before and need higher quality of electrical power.

Voltage dips are one of the most occurring power quality problems. Off course, for an industry an outage is worse, than a voltage dip, but voltage dips occur more often and cause severe problems and economical losses.

Utilities often focus on disturbances from end-user equipment as the main power quality problems. This is correct for many disturbances, flicker, harmonics, etc., but voltage dips mainly have their origin in the higher

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voltage levels. Faults due to lightning, is one of the most common causes to voltage dips on overhead lines. If the economical losses due to voltage dips are significant, mitigation actions can be profitable for the customer and even in some cases for the utility. Since there is no standard solution which will work for every site, each mitigation action must be carefully planned and evaluated. There are different ways to mitigate voltage dips, swell and interruptions in transmission and distribution systems. At present, a wide range of very flexible controllers, which capitalize on newly available power electronics components, are emerging for custom power applications [3, 4]. Among these, the distribution static compensator and the dynamic voltage restorer are most effective devices, both of them based on the VSC principle.

STATCOM is often used in transmission system. When it is used in distribution system, it is called DSTATCOMďźˆSTATCOM in Distribution system). D-STATCOM is a key FACTS controller and it utilizes power electronics to solve many power quality problems commonly faced by distribution systems. Potential applications of D-STATCOM include power factor correction, voltage regulation, load balancing and harmonic reduction. Comparing with the SVC, the D-STATCOM has quicker response time and compact structure. It is expected that the D-STATCOM will replace the roles of SVC in nearly future D-STATCOM and STATCOM are different in both structure and function, while the choice of control strategy is related to the main-circuit structure and main function of compensators [3], so D-STATCOM and STATCOM adopt different control strategy. At present, the use of STATCOM is wide and its strategy is mature, while the introduction of DSTATCOM is seldom reported. Refer to the strategies for STATCOM, in this paper, a compound control strategy used in D-STATCOM is presented to achieve the purpose of rapid-response compensation. A PWMbased control scheme has been implemented to control the electronic valves in the two-level VSC used in the DSTATCOM [5, 6].

Figure 1: Basic principal of shunt current compensation DSTATCOM II. Design Of Dstatcom A. Principle of DSTATCOM A D-STATCOM (Distribution Static Compensator), which is schematically depicted in Figure-1, consists of a two-level Voltage Source Converter (VSC), a dc energy storage device, a coupling transformer connected in shunt to the distribution network through a coupling transformer. The VSC converts the dc voltage across the storage device into a set of three-phase ac output voltages. These voltages are in phase and coupled with the ac system through the reactance of the coupling transformer. Suitable adjustment of the phase and magnitude of the D-STATCOM output voltages allows effective control of active and reactive power exchanges between the DSTATCOM and the ac system. Such configuration allows the device to absorb or generate controllable active and reactive power.

Figure 2: Schematic Diagram of a DSTATCOM

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The VSC connected in shunt with the ac system provides a multifunctional topology which can be used for up to three quite distinct purposes: 1. Voltage regulation and compensation of reactive power; 2. Correction of power factor 3. Elimination of current harmonics.

Here, such device is employed to provide continuous voltage regulation using an indirectly controlled converter.

As shown in Figure-1 the shunt injected current Ish corrects the voltage sag by adjusting the voltage drop across the system impedance Zth. The value of Ish can be controlled by adjusting the output voltage of the converter.

The shunt injected current Ish can be written as, Ish = IL – IS = IL – ( Vth – VL ) / Zth (1) Ish /_η = IL /_- θ (2) The complex power injection of the D-STATCOM can be expressed as, Ssh = VL Ish* (3) It may be mentioned that the effectiveness of the DSTATCOM in correcting voltage sag depends on the value of Zth or fault level the load bus. When the shunt injected current I sh is kept in quadrature with V L, the desired voltage correction can be achieved without injecting any active power into the system. On the other hand, when the value of Ish is minimized, the same voltage correction can be achieved with minimum apparent power injection into the system III. SRF METHODS Among the several methods presented in the literature, the Synchronous Reference Frame method (SRF) is one of the most common and probably it is widely used method. This section is organized as to describe succinctly the SRF methods. The three methods presented in this section with some results obtained with the above mentioned methods. The nonlinear load considered is a three-phase diode bridge rectifier A Synchronous Reference Theory (SRF) In the SRF [5], the load current signals are transformed into the conventional rotating frame d-q. If theta is the transformation angle, the transformation is defined by:

Figure 3: Shows the basic configuration of synchronous reference frame.

Figure 3: Basic principal of SRF

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In the SRF is a time varying angle that represents the angular position of the reference frame which is rotating at constant speed in synchronism with the three phase ac voltages. In the SRF is a time varying angle that represents the angular position of the reference frame which is rotating at constant speed in synchronism with the three phase ac voltages. To implement the SRF method some kind of synchronizing system should be used.

In [6] phase-locked loop (PLL) is used for the implementation of this method. In this case the speed of the reference frame is practically constant, that is, the method behaves as if the reference frame’s moment of inertia is infinite. The fundamental currents of the d-q components are now dc values. The harmonics appear like ripple. Harmonic isolation of the d-q transformed signal is achieved by removing the dc offset. This is accomplished using high pass filters (HPF). In spite of a high pass filter, a low pass filter is used to obtain the reference source current in d-q coordinates.

B. Instantaneous Current Component (id-iq) Theory The Modified Synchronous Frame method is presented in [7]. It is called the instantaneous current component (id-iq) method. This is similar to the SRF frame method. The transformation angle is now obtained with the voltages of the ac network. The major difference is that, due to voltage harmonics and imbalance, the speed of the reference frame is no longer constant. It varies instantaneously depending of the waveform of the three phase voltage system. In this method the compensating currents are obtained from the instantaneous active and reactive current components and of the nonlinear load. In the same way, the mains voltages V(a,b,c) and the polluted currents il(a,b,c) in α-β components must be calculated as given by (2), where C is Clarke Transformation Matrix. However, the load current components are derived from a synchronous reference frame based on the Park transformation, where represents the instantaneous voltage vector angle (3).

Figure 4: Principal of the synchronous reference frame method Fig. 4 shows the block diagram SRF method. Under balanced and sinusoidal mains voltage conditions angle θ is a uniformly increasing function of time. This transformation angle is sensitive to voltage harmonics and unbalance; therefore dθ/dt may not be constant over a mains period. With transformation (2) and (3) the direct voltage component is

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IV. Matlab/Simulink Modeling And Simulation Results Fig. 5 shows the Matlab/Simulink model of Shunt active power filter. Here simulation is carried out for four cases. In case one APF is simulated using Synchronous Reference Theory (SRF), in case two APF is simulated using Instantaneous Current Component (id-iq) Theory, in case three APF is simulated using Modified (id-iq) Theory and case four APF is simulated in BLDC drive application.

Figure 5: Matlab/Simulink Model of Shunt Active Power Filter A Case one

Figure 6: Simulation results for Synchronous Reference Theory (SRF) Fig.6 shows the simulation results for SRF theory. It shows three phase source voltage, three phase source currents and three phase non sinusoidal load currents.

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B Case two

Figure 7: Simulation results for Instantaneous Current Component (id-iq) Theory Fig.7 shows the simulation results for Instantaneous Current Component (id-iq) Theory theory. It shows three phase source voltage, three phase source currents and three phase non sinusoidal load currents V. Conclusion The Synchronous Reference Frame method is one of the most common and performing methods for detection of harmonics in active filters. An Improved Synchronous Reference Frame Method for the control of active power filters was presented. It is called Filtered Modified Reference Frame Method (FMRF) and is based on the same principle as the Synchronous Reference Frame method. This paper presents the compensation performance of all the different SRF techniques under sinusoidal voltage source condition. But under various filter type the chebyshev type filter is having superior performance compare to Butterworth filter for all methods However, this new method explores the fact that the performance of the active filter to isolate harmonics depends on the speed of the system that determines the rotating reference frame, but doesn’t depend on its position. So, the delay introduced by the ac voltage filters, used for the detection of the reference frame, has no influence on the detection capability of the method. Compared with other methods, this new method presents some advantages due to its simplicity. Finally a BLDC drive application is considered for simulation purpose.

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